Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992)

Section 347 - Publication of misleading statements regarding shares or capital

(1) A body corporate shall not state the number of the authorised or issued shares or the amount of the stated capital in any notice, advertisement, business letter or other publication of the body corporate unless the statement includes with equal prominence accurate particulars of the number of shares issued, and of the stated and paid up capital of the body corporate.

(2) In the event of a breach of subsection (1), the body corporate and an officer of the body corporate that is in default is liable to pay to the Registrar, an administrative penalty of seven hundred and fifty penalty units.

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